Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 PDT
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.3° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 1AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
3
3
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141313181313131616161616161616161818181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17917512912912712585848491127127127127129132179271278395404491395381
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NE
10
N
15
NW
10
WNW
5
W
0
NW
5
N
5
NE
0
E
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:19PM
0.90
2:10AM
1.33
7:11PM
0.93
3:13AM
1.26
7:46PM
0.97
4:32AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:20PM
0.90
10:30AM
0.09
8:24PM
0.94
11:37AM
0.08
10:42PM
0.94
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise------6:43-------6:41-------6:41-
Sunset-7:34-------7:35-------7:36------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------------------1311
Temp. °C131414141414151817161514141415161616151514141515
Feels °C (?)101212121213141615151515141416151514141412121312
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